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The Collaborative serves as an agent of the Board of Health to enforce local regulations that restrict youth access to tobacco products and limit public exposure to secondhand smoke.
781-829-4301
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Clinics for adults and children are held atPartners Home Care at 36 Cordage Park Circle, Plymouth, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 p.m. till 4 p.m. Adult clinics offer immunization, and TB (Mantoux) testing. Well child clinics provide immunization, lead testing, and development screening by a pediatric nurse.
508-747-5924
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Oral Screenings & Dental Education |
The Duxbury Board of Health contracts with Carol Manning a Registered Dental Hygienist to provide oral screenings and dental education for all of Duxbury's elementary and middle school aged children. For more information contact the Duxbury Board of Health office at 781-934-1105.
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Vaccine Distribution |
Massachusetts is one of only fifteen states that distribute vaccines free of charge to all public and private pediatric providers for immunization of all children through 18 years of age. The Duxbury Board of Health serves as a depot for the distribution of these vaccines. Each month a staff member from the Board of Health office travels to Lakeville where the Southeast Regional Office of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is located, to pick-up vaccine. The vaccine is then distributed to physicians and other providers in town. During the year 2001, the Duxbury Board of Health distributed approximately $100,000.00 worth of vaccine.
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